This volume describes 166 little-known new houses of the Victorian period ... grandiloquent mansions like Tortworth and houses in every style from Classicism to Gothic. Gloucestershire attracted Arts and Crafts masterpieces and craftsmanship was added to many older houses. Nicholas Kingsley completes a remarkable feat: an up-to-date survey of Gloucestershire's country houses ... Much as I enjoyed the earlier volumes ...the final instalment is the best ... Country Life